“The Associate” by John Grisham is a genuinely fantastic book. The novel tells the tale of a young law school student, Kyle Mcavoy, who is blackmailed by experienced and perilous extortionists into joining the major law firm, Scully & Pershing. He is then forced to steal confidential information from his firm regarding a multi-billion dollar, military jet contract. The novel has many characteristics which contribute to the stories’ greatness, action and suspense packed pages, the relatability to Kyle Mcavoy and the surprising and unpredictable path the author went on to develop the plot. All of these reasons, reinforce my desire to recommend this book to anyone looking for a simply splendid book to read. Firstly, John Grisham did an incredible job of incorporating
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Kyle himself is a relatively young person, starting the story out as student who shortly will start his career and will have many large life decisions ahead of him. This is similar to where many high school students will decide on post-secondary education, college and university students will choose career paths and every other older person, has already been through these decisions and are able to reflect back upon them. Furthermore, when asked by a lawyer he was collaborating with, whether he had broken any laws, Kyle answered “Not yet. But I’m being pressured to commit a whole list of crimes.” (334), and like Kyle, most people don’t like to break laws due to their own morals and the consequences that follow. These points correlate with the fact that Kyle himself is a rather relatable guy, which also allows readers to more effectively put themselves into Kyles’ shoes. This gives the reader the ability to better reflect and considered the events of the novel. Which also causes the reader to better savor and understand the
Kyle himself is a relatively young person, starting the story out as student who shortly will start his career and will have many large life decisions ahead of him. This is similar to where many high school students will decide on post-secondary education, college and university students will choose career paths and every other older person, has already been through these decisions and are able to reflect back upon them. Furthermore, when asked by a lawyer he was collaborating with, whether he had broken any laws, Kyle answered “Not yet. But I’m being pressured to commit a whole list of crimes.” (334), and like Kyle, most people don’t like to break laws due to their own morals and the consequences that follow. These points correlate with the fact that Kyle himself is a rather relatable guy, which also allows readers to more effectively put themselves into Kyles’ shoes. This gives the reader the ability to better reflect and considered the events of the novel. Which also causes the reader to better savor and understand the